{"id":4433,"date":"2010-11-04T14:33:46","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T18:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/?p=4433"},"modified":"2015-05-04T15:22:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T19:22:49","slug":"mapping-the-results-of-giving-freely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/2010\/11\/04\/mapping-the-results-of-giving-freely\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping the Results of Giving Freely"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Tara's<\/p>\n

If I Am Ever Going to Support Something…<\/h3>\n

Perhaps you’ve noticed, but I don’t really do endorsements here. I just can’t get behind a person, a place or a thing that I haven’t experienced directly, and derived value from.<\/strong> How could I assure you of the value of something or someone I’ve never actually worked with? I can’t. So I won’t. And I haven’t.<\/p>\n

This decision is despite ‘information’ otherwise insinuating that one could grow rich and buy a yacht if only they had some affiliate advertising on their site.<\/p>\n

I love money, I do, but my focus is on value.<\/strong> And I will not support things just because I can profit from them. I am committed to associating with excellence, in every facet of everything I do. I can not ignore the cost to my business of promoting the mediocre, and not really helping people. It is not worth compromising my most prized asset, my integrity.<\/p>\n

This is Me Supporting Something… and Why<\/h3>\n

Two weeks ago, Mark Dykeman<\/a> of Thoughtwrestling<\/em><\/strong> offered me a free review copy of his ebook on mind mapping<\/strong>. His offer let me read the ebook with no strings attached. It wasn’t conditional on my agreement to review it publicly (as I have experienced before), he simply offered it with no instructions other than he appreciated feedback. He did not attempt to control the exchange, and this I perceived as confidence in his Self, and in his product. It made me even more interested to read what he had to say. I appreciated that he trusted that I could determine how, and if, I wanted to support him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His Product Inspired Me<\/h3>\n

I’ve being mapping my mind, and my clients, for a few years now. I find mind maps are a great tool for planning creative projects and determining<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Big Picture<\/strong> – what you want to achieve<\/li>\n
  2. The Pieces and How to Get Them<\/strong> – what it will take to achieve your goal<\/li>\n
  3. The Motivation<\/strong> – how everything fits together<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    After reading Mark’s ebook, UnStuck Focused Organized – Using Mind Mapping<\/em>, <\/em>I was better able to focus my Pay-What-It’s-Worth Pricing book project, and was inspired to create this mind map of my ideas.<\/p>\n

    \"BIG_PVPMindMap\"<\/a>

    Click to actually read this bad boy<\/p><\/div>\n

    What Compelled Me to Write This<\/h3>\n
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    1. Quality<\/strong> – Mind maps are a super helpful brainstorming tool for anyone, no matter your learning style, and Mark’s ebook can help you to utilize them effectively.<\/li>\n
    2. Integrity<\/strong> – Mark’s willingness to give freely, and to let me determine the value of his work created a strong desire in me to give back and share my positive experience. It’s the same strategy of reciprocity that underlies Pay-What-It’s-Worth Pricing.<\/strong> Let go of trying to control others and trust in them that they can determine the value of your work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      \"Tara's<\/p>\n

      If I Am Ever Going to Support Something…<\/h3>\n

      Perhaps you’ve noticed, but I don’t really do endorsements here. I just can’t get behind a person, a place or a thing that I haven’t experienced directly, and derived value from.<\/strong> How could I assure you of the value of something or someone I’ve never actually worked with? I can’t. So I won’t. And I haven’t.<\/p>\n

      This decision is despite ‘information’ otherwise insinuating that one could grow rich and buy a yacht if only they had some affiliate advertising on their site.<\/p>\n

      I love money, I do, but my focus is on value.<\/strong> And I will not support things just because I can profit from them. I am committed to associating with excellence, in every facet of everything I do. I can not ignore the cost to my business of promoting the mediocre, and not really helping people. It is not worth compromising my most prized asset, my integrity.<\/p>\n

      This is Me Supporting Something… and Why<\/h3>\n

      Two weeks ago, Mark Dykeman of Thoughtwrestling<\/a><\/em><\/strong> offered me a free review copy of his ebook on mind mapping<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pay-what-its-worth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}